Stimulus Package Heroes Act Hazard Pay

The hazard pay would be set aside in a heroes fund and provide an additional 13 per hour for essential frontline workers up to a maximum premium pay of 25 000 for workers earning less than.

Stimulus package heroes act hazard pay. The original heroes act included 190 billion in hazard pay for for front line health care workers and others in risky jobs. As congress considers more financial aid for coronavirus 3 trillion stimulus package known as the heroes act one provision is providing hazard pay to workers whose occupations have put them on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 100 000 americans. It would have provided an incremental 13.

Given to a wide variety of essential workers including doctors nurses and other frontline medical personnel police officers firefighters social workers grocery clerks postal workers and childcare and cafeteria workers. Actually the bill officially refers to the pay for essential workers as pandemic premium pay here s the deal. The house has already passed a 200 billion heroes fund for essential workers back in may when it passed the heroes act which includes hazard pay for essential workers and a second 1 200 stimulus.

The house passed a 3 trillion stimulus relief package on friday may 15. The heroes act sets aside 200 billion for hazard pay. Hazard pay 190 billion cut.